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Professor Steve Hemelt recognized as Outstanding Reviewer for 2019
April 24, 2020The American Educational Research Association (AERA) and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis awarded Professor Hemelt the honor for outstanding professional service to AERA journals, the association itself, and to education research.
Cassandra Davis reflects on her disaster research in the age of COVID 19
April 20, 2020Education researcher Davis notes similarities in schools’ challenges from natural disasters and the coronavirus pandemic in an EdNC op-ed.
Carolina Public Humanities Presents Warfare, Society, & the Military
March 4, 2020Professor Sullivan will be giving a talk on Lethal Aid: Security Assistance & Human Security on February 20. For details, visit: humanities.unc.edu/wsm.
Public Policy Alum Seve Gaskin ‘14 in the Spotlight
March 3, 2020Seve is profiled in Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy’s Masters of Public Policy program.
Public Policy Alum Sandy Alkoutami ’18 in the Spotlight
December 19, 2019Sandy Alkoutami earns prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship
Professor Maryann Feldman Invited to Testify Before Congress
December 10, 2019The Subcommittee on Research and Technology in the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has invited Professor Feldman to testify in a hearing titled “America’s Seed Fund: A Review of SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) and STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer)” in order to review the role of the programs in helping to move the results of Federally funded research into commercial development and generating new economic growth, as well as in assisting federal science agencies in meeting their respective missions.
Professor Doug MacKay and PhD student Kate Saylor publish “Four Faces of Fair Subject Selection,” in The American Journal of Bioethics.
December 8, 2019MacKay and Saylor provide ethical guidance to policymakers and researchers regarding the fair selection of research participants in the context of clinical research.
UNC Public Policy Welcome Back Reception
August 12, 2019Thursday, August 22nd from 4:00-6:00 PM | FedEx Global Education Center, 4th Floor – UNC Public Policy and the Public Policy Majors Union will host a reception to celebrate the start of a new academic year. Stop by anytime to meet public policy majors and faculty. All students are welcome! Kindly click on “Read More” to RSVP.
Public Policy major Allie Omens wins Three Zeros Student Leadership Award
August 7, 2019Allie focuses on waste reduction policy and is currently completing an Honors Thesis in Public Policy focused on surplus food redistribution in New York City.
Professor Brigitte Seim co-publishes Varieties of Democracy: Measuring Two Centuries of Political Change
July 30, 2019Professor Seim and her collaborators introduce new, measurable concepts of democracy and many political institutions in this ambitious, data-rich project.
Nine Public Policy students Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
July 24, 2019Congratulations to Aditi Adhikari, Melissa Delaney Bard, William Colter Hall, Ying He, Becca Grace Heilman, Katherine Ann Kelker, Jacqueline Litynski, Anwesha Nandi, and Mollie Anna Pepper!
Public Policy major Allie Omens wins Three Zeros Student Leadership Award
July 20, 2019Allie focuses on waste reduction policy and is currently completing an Honors Thesis in Public Policy focused on surplus food redistribution in New York City.
Carolina Forum “Saving Democracy” on November 4, 5:30pm in Gerrard Hall
July 17, 2019Jean Parvin Bordewich, through her work at the Hewlett Foundation, supports non-profits such as the Millennial Action Project to strengthen democracy in the U.S. with a particular focus on Congress.
PhD students and Professor Feldman publish article and op-ed
July 16, 2019Scott Langford, Allison Lowe Reed, and Adams Nager—along with their advisor, Professor Maryann Feldman–examine the nature of place and how the ongoing Amazon HQ2 contest was a powerful example of intra-regional competition in the technology industry with “Catching the whale: A comparison of place promotion strategies through the lens of Amazon HQ2” in Geography Compass.
Professor Cassandra Davis discusses her Research on the Impacts of Hurricanes on Schools.
July 12, 2019Through her NSF grant, Professor Davis looked at the effects of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Matthew in NC and will discuss her findings at the Odum Institute’s speaker series highlighting the interdisciplinary impacts of social science research on September 27 at noon in Toy Lounge (Dey Hall).